Roger Federer captured his seventh Gerry Weber Open title on Sunday.
The second seed picked up his 14th grass-court crown with a 7-6(2), 7-6(3) victory over Alejandro Falla, who had been attempting to capture his first ATP World Tour trophy. The match lasted 89 minutes.
Federer, who improved to a 46-5 record in Halle, received $128,860 in prize money and earned 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points.
The 32-year-old Federer has now won 79 tour-level titles. He has also lifted the Wimbledon crown seven times.
Federer had an opportunity to serve for the set at 5-3, having converted his second break point opportunity on Falla’s serve at 30/40, 3-4. But Falla responded with his own break, to 15, en route to a first-set tie-break.
Federer broke clear at 2-2 in the tie-break, winning five straight points to wrap up the 42-minute opener. He had lost two of his first service points in the opener.
Federer broke Falla to 30 in the first game of the second set, but once again Falla responded by clinching his third of three break point chances for 1-1.
Without any further chances to break, Federer took a 3-0 lead in the tie-break and went on to maintain his perfect 7-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Falla.
Falla had been bidding to become the second Colombian to win an ATP World Tour title, after Mauricio Hadad at 1995 Bermuda. Falla also finished runner-up to Ivo Karlovic in last year’s Bogota final.
“It’s always tough losing a match, especially a final,” said Falla. “I wanted to win the title so badly. But when you play Roger in a final, it is always tough. It was a close match. I tried my best and fought for every point. I am happy with the way I played today and the tournament overall. I enjoy playing on the grass. This tournament gave me a lot of confidence, having won some tough matches.”
World No. 69 Falla picked up $67,865 and 150 Emirates ATP Rankings points.
Federer's Most Titles Won At A Tournament
Now go for #8 at Wimbledon!. If he keeps playing like this he just might :).
Happy Father's Day Rog! :)
Happy Father's Day Rog! :)
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